Director, Performance Media

New York, USA (Remote)

$110K/yr – $150K/yrDirector/Executive8+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead paid social campaigns and attribution-driven optimization to drive client results.

  • Own end-to-end campaign setup, testing, and optimization across social channels.
  • Must-have: 8+ years in paid social with influencer marketing experience.
  • Standout: Mentors junior team members and collaborates with cross-functional teams.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Work closely with cross-functional teams to build, deploy, track, and optimize paid social campaigns to successfully achieve business results
  • Lead the designing of A/B testing, brand lift surveys, and other attribution based measurement studies across social media channels to drive business results
  • Drive collaboration with team members to ensure agreed upon pacing and delivery of campaigns, prompt delivery of reports to clients, and strong optimization
  • Analyze campaign performance and make recommendations based on the analysis
  • Develop a strong working relationship with cross-functional internal teams as well as external partners
  • Work with our attribution partners to develop media strategies designed at driving key business results including brand awareness, online conversions, offline sales lift, tune-in, etc.
  • Develop amplification strategies using campaign briefs and target audience research analysis
  • Maintain detailed files of all pertinent records (latest media plans, performance reports, etc.) and update all internal systems relevant to each campaign
  • Maintain awareness of new platforms and products, as well as look for opportunities to innovate and develop new media strategies to drive clients’ advertising forward
  • Reconcile all campaigns to ensure that client receives all planned media and is invoiced/credited properly

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience in paid social media
  • Demonstrated expertise and passion for influencer marketing and paid social, with a strong desire to learn & build knowledge of social media attribution, social analytics, and target audience strategies
  • Proactive ability to multitask, strong written and oral communication skills, excellent organizational aptitude, attention to detail, and accuracy when working with numbers
  • Proven ability to optimize media spend across multiple objectives to drive key business results and manage large social media budgets
  • Work in a fast paced environment with a strong focus on collaboration and innovative execution
  • Strong working knowledge and a participant in the various social channels, including Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube, and more
  • Ability to lead and mentor junior team members as needed
  • Strong Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint experience

Preferred

  • Proficient with 3rd party ad-serving, tracking, and analytic systems to be able to accurately input media plan details and launch campaigns
  • Experience at a marketing-tech or media start-up

Benefits

  • Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.
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Influential is the global leader in influencer marketing, founded in 2013, and is the only influencer company that is a preferred partner of all major social media platforms. Influential uses the industry’s richest data, powered by the smartest AI and human intelligence, to precisely match audiences with creators delivering ROI and measurable business outcomes for brands. Our obsession with brand safety and commitment to inclusion underpins everything we do, and we are trusted by over 60% of Fortune 500 brands.

Founded in 2013
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
483 employees (119 in marketing)
28% recommend to a friend
43% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
18.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
34.3%
Direct
55.3%
Referral
5.5%
Social
3.4%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~484

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
110 (23% of company)
Median Career Experience
15 years
Median Tenure
4.2 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Funding

Total Funding
$51.5M
Last Raise
$15M
Convertible Note, 4 years ago

Funding History

  • Nov 2021
    Convertible Note • $15M
  • Jun 2018
    Series B • $12M
  • Sep 2017
    Series Unknown • $14.5M

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